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kittee

/ˈkɪt.iː/

翻译: 一种历史酷刑,某些美洲原住民曾使用:将身体敏感部位夹在两块木板之间挤压,直到受害者无法忍受疼痛。

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noun

/ˈkɪt.iː/formal
  • zh一种历史酷刑,某些美洲原住民曾使用:将身体敏感部位夹在两块木板之间挤压,直到受害者无法忍受疼痛。

A noun referring to a form of torture historically used by some Indigenous peoples of the Americas, in which sensitive body parts were compressed between two boards until the victim could no longer endure the pain.

  1. Torture deviceC2formalamerican

    A historical form of torture used by some Native American tribes, involving the compression of sensitive body parts between two boards until the victim could no longer endure the pain.

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    • The captive was subjected to the kittee until he revealed the location of his tribe.
    • Historical accounts describe the kittee as a brutal method of interrogation.
    • The use of the kittee was intended to break the spirit of the prisoner.